Brooke Gladstone

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1,676 appearances 17 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4d ago

Brooke Gladstone’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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On the Media · The FCC’s Pressure Campaign to Reshape Broadcast TV · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

But again, the rule hasn't been applied to late-night talk shows for decades. voice-verified

Anyway, this is all academic. voice-verified

It's not about the law, per se. voice-verified

It's about entertainment shows getting their politics wrong. voice-verified

Fueled by the president's primal scream against the skeptics and the jokesters and the losers, it's a power play executed by the FCC and a few deeply motivated conservative lawyers voice-verified

You'll hear a conversation with one later in the hour who claimed that late night shows like Jimmy Came Alive and daytime shows like The View are not serving the public interest. voice-verified

They are too one-sided, too liberal. voice-verified

And that's got to be fixed. voice-verified

Not through the courts, where they would confront the First Amendment, but by the FCC enforcing the equal time rule and the public interest standard in ways not applied in decades. voice-verified

And it's kind of working, because the FCC can threaten to yank the licenses of broadcast stations, and that's bad for business, and these days few have the stomach for a fight, even if they could win. voice-verified

You remember when Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September? voice-verified

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel said. voice-verified

The comment was clipped and posted on X by a right-leaning media watchdog group, and online outrage ensued. voice-verified

Then-FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, on a right-wing podcast, aired his determination to crush Kimmel. voice-verified

The easy way or the hard way? voice-verified

ABC chose the first option, pulling Kimmel off the air indefinitely, but it wasn't so easy after all. voice-verified

After public outcry, even street protests, Kimmel's suspension ultimately only lasted about a week. voice-verified

In February, I spoke to New York Times writer-at-large Jim Rutenberg, who's working on a book about the ideological battle over our airwaves. voice-verified

I asked, is this a long game? voice-verified

Is it an all-out war? voice-verified

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